Weather Records on 13 September 1930

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1930. Highest significance: Mason City, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1930

On 13 September 1930, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 281 daily.
Mason City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 13 September 1930.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 13 September 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolanbilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 13 September 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1930

Top 20 records on 13 September 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1930	Mason City, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1930	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1930	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1930	Coatesville 1 SW, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Crosbyton, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Hammond, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Constantine, DZ	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Hebel Store, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Tibooburra (Olive Downs), AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1930	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 284 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 September 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 10	201
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1